Playlists or something...

Ok I have a 40G iPod that is almost full. The problem I am having is using it while connected in my car. I have a Pioneer head unit that can control the iPod. It only list 3 or 4 artists at a time and the scroll is way slow. It takes forever to get to someone in the middle of the alphabet.
I tried using playlists and creating one for each letter of the alphabet but when I drop them into the playlist it lists them as individual songs not breaking it by artist.
Is there any way I can subset the artists such that I can break them into smaller groups so it is easier to control from my car stereo or for that matter even from the iPod controls.
Thanks
Rick

Like you, I want to play podcasts in a playlist which I have set up on my iPad. The playlist appears in iTunes, with the podcasts listed. But the playlist in the iPad is empty, in other words the podcasts are not available there. I have no problem listing podcasts themselves on the iPad. The problem is to get them into the playlist (which works OK on my iPlayer). Seems odd but there must be an easy answer. Someone, help please! Leskrob

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